Bed-bottom attachment.



No..67|,068. Patented Apr. 2, |90l.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 671,068, dated April 2, 190i Application filed October 9, 1900. Serial No. 32,485. (No model.)

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Be it known hatlfI, JOHN HOEY, a citizen ofthe United States, residing in the cityand county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Bed-Bottom Attachments; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and. exact description ofthe same.

My invention relates to an attachment for bed-bottoms of that class in which a wovenwire or equivalent support for the bedding is attached to a framework, which framework is supported upon the bedstead.

My invention consists of the parts and the constructions and combinations of parts here inafter described and claimed.

Figure l is an end view of my improved bed bottom attachment. Fig. 2 is a side view, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an end plate. Fig. Lt is a view of a coil-spring and supporting-wires. Fig. 5 is a detail of one of the standards.

In the construction of woven-wire or equivalent bed-bottoms these woven-wire bottoms are stretched upon a framework, and this framework is variously supported upon the bedstead, the hair or other top mattress being placed upon this woven-wire bed-bottom.

It is the object of my present invention to provide a finish for the ends of the transverse bed-bottom frames; to provide means forsupporting the bed-bottom from the side rails of the bedstead,so as to hold the wire bottom at a proper elevation, at the same time to allow the side rails of its frame to hang unsupported inside of the bedstead-rails; to provide a means 2, which raise the end rails a suflicient height above the side rails, and thus the woven-wire bottom 3,which is secured on the top of theend rails, is also retained at such a height above the side rails that any ordinary depression of.

this bottom will not bring it into contact with the side rails.

As here shown, the ends of the woven-wire fabric are carried over the top of the end rails B, folded down, and are nailed or otherwise secured thereto, with an exterior covering and protecting strip 4.

The side rails A are fixed to the end rails at such a distance apart that they will drop between the side rails of the bedstead for which the mattress is desired and without contact with said bedstead-rails.

The end rails B of the Wire bottom extend beyond the side rails, as shown, and these ends are covered with ornamental plates 5, which present an attractive appearance from the outside. These plates extend downwardly and the lower edges are adapted to rest upon the side rails of the bedstead, and the structure is kept in place by means of inturned lugs 6,which extend down inside the bedsteadrails and prevent the mattress-frame from sliding to one side or the other, also keeping the side rails A of the frame out of contact with the bedstead-rails. These extensions of the plates 5 are of such depth as to raise the 'woven-wirey bottom sufficiently above the bedstead-rails over which the edges project as to prevent their contacting with or rubbing upon the bedstead-rails.

In order to retain the top mattress in place on thewoven-wire bottom, I have shown elastic cords 7, which are in the form of spirallywound hollow cables 8, or any equivalent therefor, and these are stretched above the edges of the woven-wire bottom and connected with posts 9, which maintain their tension from end to end and hold them sufiiciently above the edges of the woven-wire fabric, so that when the top mattress is placed thereon it serves to maintain the top mattress in place and prevent itfrom sliding off endwise or unduly projecting beyond the edges ofthe wire fabric. These cables also give additional strength or support to the edges of the mattress and serve to support the edges of the woven-Wire fabric, when desired, by connecting the two, as shown at a in Fig. 2, in any suitable manner. In order to conveniently transport this mattress,` it is desirable that the cables should be folded down upon the mattress for transportation, and this I effect by pivoting the lower ends of the standards 9 between lugs b upon the ornamental plates 5, so that they are turnable upon these pivots to allow the cable to lie flat upon the woven-wire fabric when dei,

sired. When in use, the posts or standards are turned up and are arrested in a vertical position by suitable stops or lugs lO, contacting with the edge ot' the plate or support.

The side rails A of the bed-bottom are connected at intervals by transverse bars ll.

12 represents corrugated wires extending longitudinally from the end bars of the bed or between any pair of the transverse bars 1l, and 13 represents similarly-corrugated wires extending between the side rails of the frame to which they are secured. These longitudinal and transverse corrugated wires interlock at their intersections. The spiral springs i4 rest upon the intersections of these corrugated wires, and the upper ends of the spiral springs support the woven-wire fabric. These springs are here shown as conical in shape, and the circles forming the lower and smaller ends engage with the corrugations of the crossing wires, as plainly shown in Fig. 4, so as to hold the lower ends of the spiral springs in position and prevent their moving to one side or the other, thus retaining them essentially ina vertical position and securely supporting them in place.

The construction of the bedbottom with the end rails projecting out flush with the side of the bedst-ead-rails and the elevating and protecting platesl form a nice finish, s'upport the woven-wire fabric of the bed-bottom at a sufficient height above the bedsteadrails, and allow the side rails of the mattressframe to hang suspended inside of and concealed by the bedstead-rails, where they are not seen.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with a woven-wire mattress or bed-bottom, of longitudinal side bars and connecting end bars said end bars projecting beyond the plane of the outer sides of the side bars and into the vertical` plane of the bedstead-rails, and caps or plates fitted over the outside of the projecting ends of the end rails and vertically disposed and extending in line with and supported endwise upon the bedstead-rails, said bed-bottom occupying approximately the full space between the bedstead-rails and being elevated above the horizontal plane of said rails. A

2. The combination with a woven-wire mattress or bed-bottom, of longitudinal side bars and connecting end bars said end bars projecting beyond the plane of the outer sides of the side bars and overhanging the bedstead-rails, blocks between the side and end rails whereby the bed-bottoni is raised above the side rails, and vertically-disposed caps or plates fixed to the projecting ends of the end bars and extending below the latter and adapted to be superposed upon the bedsteadrails.

3. The combination of a woven-wire bedbottom, end bars to which its ends are secured, Aside bars to the ends of which the end bars are bolted, with intervening elevatingblocks whereby the woven-wire bottom is supported at a distance above the side bars, ornamental covering-plates ixed upon the projecting ends of theend bars having the lower edges adapted to rest upon the bedstead-rails, within the vertical plane of which the side bars of the bottom are suspended out of contact therewith, and lugs upon the plates engaging the bedstead-rails to retain the bedbott-om in place, with relation thereto. y 4. In a bed-bottom, a tlexible guard-rail, formed of a spirally-wound cable whereby it is held under tension, in combination with pivotally-mounted posts to which the ends of the cable are secured said posts adapted to be folded down upon the bed-bottom.

5. A bed-bottom consisting of longitudinal and transverse bars, a woven-wire bottom stretched between the end bars of said frame, plates xed upon the projecting ends of the end bars adapted to support the bed-bottom upon the side rails of the bedstead, posts or standards turnably pivoted upon said plates, so that they may stand erect or lie flat upon the wire bottom, and spirally-wound cables stretched between the upper ends of said posts.

6. A woven-wire bed-bottom and a frame upon which it is stretched and supported, posts turnably pivoted upon the ends of the frame and adapted to lie flat or stand in a vertical position, and lugs by which they are prevented from turning outwardly beyond said position, and spirally wound cables stretched between the ends of said posts, said cables being connected with the edges of the bed-bottom and forming a truss therefor.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my han`d.

JOHN IIOEY.

Witnesses:

W. R. PEAsE, D. B. RICHARDS.

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